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Our dedicated news department gathers news and press releases from around the world to bring our community the latest developments in the stainless steel industry. Here you can find news involving the people and companies involved in the manufacturer, supply and use of corrosion resistant alloys (CRAs).

Topics such as tubes & pipes, cladding, offshore, chemical process industry, welding & fabrication, 13Cr stainless steels, titanium, nickel alloys, pulp & paper and duplex stainless steels are covered as well as interviews with materials specialists, manufacturer and end users alike.

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Five Minutes with TigerStop’s Jack Ragan

TigerStop's new Vice President of Sales and Service, Jack Ragan, spoke with Stainless Steel World Americas about his new role, the idea behind the TigerStop, and their new feature, the TigerGripper.

Shell’s CCS project wins first certificate

newsitemShare DNV has awarded the world’s first certificate of fitness for a carbon dioxide (CO2) storage development plan to Shell’s Quest Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project.

Natural gas pipeline

East Africa Community PS David Nalo has revealed that the feasibility study for the plans to construct a natural gas pipeline between Tanzania and Kenya are underway to help ease the supply of cooking gas in the country has been completed recently and construction of the 550KM pipeline linking Dar-es-Salaam-Tanga and Mombasa will start soon.

MMK to acquire iron ore miner Flinders

Flinders Mines Limited and Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works OJSC (MMK) have entered into an agreement regarding the acquisition of 100% of the issued shares in Flinders by MMK. Flinders has recommended that all Flinders shareholders vote in favor of the USD 538 million takeover offer.

Multi-train LNG facility

newsitemHoneywell has been selected by Bechtel International Inc. to design and implement automation and safety solutions for a new multi-train liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility under construction as part of the Australia Pacific LNG Project in Queensland.

Cheniere and Gas Natural sign SPA

newsitemCheniere Energy Partners, L.P. (Cheniere Partners) announced that its subsidiary, Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC (Sabine Liquefaction), has entered into a liquefied natural gas (LNG) sale and purchase agreement (SPA) with Gas Natural Aprovisionamientos, a subsidiary of Gas Natural Fenosa.

ConocoPhillips appoints for Phillips 66

ConocoPhillips has announced several future appointments to the executive management teams of the two leading energy companies that will be created when ConocoPhillips completes its strategic repositioning.

Siemens involved in full-scale CO2 capture

newsitemSiemens Energy has been awarded to participate in a technology qualification program for full-scale CO2 capture at Mongstad.

Pearl GTL Project inaugurated

newsitemOn November 22nd his Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, The Emir of Qatar officially inaugurated the Pearl Gas to Liquids (GTL) Project, the largest GTL plant in the world and the largest energy project in the state of Qatar.

Five minutes with Metabo’s Terry Tuerk

Terry Tuerk, Senior Product Manager of Metabo USA, spoke with Stainless Steel World Americas about the company and one of its new products, the new MAG 28 LTX 32, while at FabTech 2011.